Shoestring fastener



Apk. 17, 1923.

B. M; KLEIN ET AL sHoEsTRING FASTENER Filed May 27 1922 Patented Apr. i7, i923.

BERNAT M. KLEIN AND SAMUEL lNAID, OF NEW YORK, 13T. Y.

SHOESTRN G FASTENER.

Application ed may 27,

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that we, BERNAT M. KLEIN and SAMU-EL WALD, both citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shoestring Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a new and improved fastener for shoe strings, and it is one of the primary objects to provide a shoe-string holder which is simple in construction and operation.

It is another object of the invention to provide a shoe-string holder which is readily attached to the upper edge of a shoe to receive the loops of the knot of the shoe lace. It is a further object of the invention to provide a shoe-lace holder r-.vhich is adjustable toward and away from the lacing opening of the shoe to adapt the shoe-lace holder to loops of various lengths.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a shoe-lace holder which permits of the shoe lace being quickly and easily fastened and removed by the user.

lVith the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe having mounted thereon a shoe-lace holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 oAFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 11 designates the shoe upper, 12 the lacing opening thereof, and 13 the shoe lace. The reference character 14 designates the edge of the foot opening of the shoe.

The reference character 15 designates the shoe-lace holder and said holder comprises a substantially U-shaped member 16 formed of resilient metal. This member 16 is adapt.- ed to receive the edge 1li of the foot opening of the upper 11 of the shoe. One of the 4legs of the U-shaped member 16 is provided with oppositely disposed integral prongs 17 adapted to engage the upper 11 of the shoe to prevent arocking of the U-shaped 1922. serial No. 564,046.

member 16 relative thereto. These prongs 17 are not permanently attached to the shoe upper 11 but merely engage the same under the influence of the resiliency of the metal from which the U-shaped member is formed to prevent a rocking or" the U-shaped member relative to the shoe upper, and, at the same time, permit ,of adjustment of the U-shaped member relative to the shoe upper. |The leg of the U-shaped member on which these prongs are formed has its lower end rounded as at 14 to prevent the same from tearing the stockings of the wearer.

rlhe reference character 20 designates a clasp member formed of resilient sheet metal and said resilient clasp member is secured to one of the legs of the U-shaped member 16, as indicated by the reference character 21. As indicated by the reference character 22, the clasp member 2O is bowed as at 20 to occupy a position in spaced relation to the U-shaped member 16, and the lower end oi the clasp member 2O is curved as at 23, to provide an entrant space 24 between the resilient clasp member 23 and the shoe upper 11.

The device operates in the `following manner:

One or' the clasps is employed upon each side of the lacing opening 12 of the shoe upper and said clasp is positioned in such a manner that it will be close enough to the lacing opening 12 to receive the loops of the shoe lace 13. After the lace has been tied, the loops 25 are inserted beneath the resilient clasp member 20, where they will be retained until such time as it is desired to remove the same. ln removing the loops the same are grasped and moved down wardly so that they disengage from the resilient clasp member when the lace is free to be nntied.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides a new and Q Lemme tally U-shaped member of resilient metal a resilient clasp secured to said U-shaped adapted to receive the edge of the foot openmember and adapted to receive the loops of ing of a shoe, integral prongs formed on the the knot of the lace of the shoe, said clasp 10 opposite side edges of one of the legs of being open in the seme direction as the said U-shapecl member for engagement With U-shuped member.

the shoe upper to prevent rocking movement BERNAT M. KLEIN.

or' the holder relative to the shoe upper, and SAMUEL WALD. 

